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Gordon G. Robeck
Gordon G. Robeck
Pages 192-197
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he was the liaison member of the Water Quality Division to the AWWA Research Foundation's Research Advisory Council. In addition, he served on many AWWA committees.
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His early work on filtration, particularly the studies showing that viruses passed through a rapid granular filter at the same time that turbidity breakthrough occurs, resulted in information that is still used today to prevent the passage of pathogenic cysts and oocysts through drinking water treatment processes. Not content to focus on filtration exclusively, Gordon was studying activated carbon adsorption treatment of drinking water long before this topic became fashionable.
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Gordon was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1980, the first engineer elected from the Environmental Protection Agency. Gordon's participation in National Research Council activities included the following: membership on the Water Science and Technology Board from l9X6 to 1989 and service on the board's Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems from 1987 to 1988 and on its Committee on Ground Water Recharge from 1991 to 1993.
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At the time of his retirement from federal service, the American Water Works Association Research Foundation published a memorial volume of eighteen of his more significant papers. This indicates the quality of his publications.
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